title: Preparation of silver spheres by selective laser heating in silver-containing precursor solution.
abstract: Dispersed uniform submicron-sized silver spheres were prepared by selective laser heating in the silver-containing precursor solution, which was produced by dissolving the irregular Ag2O in aliphatic amine. By optimizing the process conditions, silver spheres in the range of 578 ± 109 nm were obtained. The smooth surface morphology and solid structure were studied by SEM and TEM. The silver content was characterized by XRD and EDS. Finally, the mechanism of the silver spheres formation was also discussed in detail.
authors.affiliation: Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, College of Optoelectronics Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
authors.forename: Xiangyou
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koshizaki
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pyatenko
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Hongqiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jianguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiaoye
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Zemin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zeng